the public comments president obama has made. basically president perez told me he believes that president obama is prepared to attack iran to stop their nuclear program if diplomacy fails. take a listen. >> america is really looking for peace but if somebody threatens peace, america is not a chicken. >> america is not a chicken. strong words from the israeli president coming on the same day that the rural from -- ruler from iran came out today. basically said that if israel takes the first strikes towards iran they will retaliate and wipe out two israeli cities. strong words today. >> shepard: brand new today in the syrian civil war two powerful u.s. senators just reached across the aisle and called for president obama to begin air strikes in syria. that as we try to figure out whether somebody inside syria has already used weapons of mass murder. >> the rebels say the government unleashed the chemical weapons. the regime leaders claim they are the real victims here. now, an international investigation into a possible crime agai